The first international
symposium for the scientific project "Comparative Research on Major
Regional Powers in Eurasia,"* will be held at the Slavic Research
Center, Hokkaido University, on July 9-10 this year. The title of the
symposium is "Elusive Balance: Regional Powers and the Search for
Sustainable Development", in which we will discuss the role of regional
powers including Russia, China, and India in the world economic and
social order and inquire whether they can maintain their status as
“powers” in the future world. More precisely we will discuss these
problems focusing on the topics of the macro economy, the environment
(anti-global warming), energy security, and social disparity. By doing
so, it is expected that we can clarify the common difficulties and
specific tasks of each country concerning these four topics. Besides,
we are planning an exciting session on the border problems of Eurasia.
We also expect in the course of the discussions to find some clues to
solving these challenges in the worldwide context. The symposium
concludes with a special session from historical perspectives.

* = Five-year grant-in-aid for scientific research on innovative areas
supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Japan

Program

Thursday,
July 9

9：00

Registration

9：45

Opening remarks

10：00‐12：00

Session
1:

Economic
Reforms and Macro Economic Performance

Chair:

NAKAMURA Yasushi (Yokohama
National University)

Paper
givers:

1-1 SATO Takahiro (Kobe University)

External Openness
and Firm Productivity in China and India: Evidence from Business
Enterprises Surveys

1-2 UEGAKI Akira (Seinan Gakuin
University),

Balance of
Payments in Comparative Perspective: China, India and Russia under
Globalization (REVISED July 6)